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Near city center & museum quarter, room was clean, very small, but quiet. staff was helpful, breakfast is extra, it is a buffet, but pretty comprehensive. coffee and juice free to guests. If you need a reasonably priced hotel, consider this place.

Stayed July 2014, traveled with friends

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GonulUyanik, General Manager at BEST WESTERN Apollo Museumhotel Amsterdam City Centre, responded to this review,
July 25, 2014

Dear Sir/Madam,

Thank you for posting this review on Tripadvisor. Your comments are of great importance and will help us in our efforts to continuously improve the standards you may expect.

I am sorry to hear that you describe your room as small and I would like to apologize for any inconvience. We do have several room categories and unfortunately I cannot see in which room you stayed in. An upgrade to a twin room or a deluxe room starts already from 10-25 euros extra a night per room.

Thank you again for your review and thank you so much for recommending our hotel to our future guests. We sincerely hope to welcome you back soon.

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Beds were super comfy. Air conditioned. We had a Quiet & Very Spacious Room.

Overall we were very pleased with this hotel. We spent a month in European hotels, this was the last one we stayed in and it was the best.

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Stayed July 2014, traveled with family

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GonulUyanik, General Manager at BEST WESTERN Apollo Museumhotel Amsterdam City Centre, responded to this review,
July 24, 2014

Dear Sir/Madam,

What a pleasure to read your review of your recent stay with us. Thank you for sharing this review and for all the kind words.

It is our passion to combine the best facilities (we recentely renewed our beds- so I am very happy to read that you liked them) with great service in order to make successful and memorable stays possible for our guests. Thank you again for confirming that we succeeded in that.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you once again for your comments and look forward to welcoming you back in the nearest future.

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This hotel is perfectly positioned for Rijksmuseum (2 minutes away), canal cruises (just across the road), the City Tour Bus stops just a few yards away, meaning it's perfect to get around. You can purchase a 24 / 48 hour ticket and spend the day just hopping on and off at all the major tourist spots knowing you can get back to your hotel easily. About a hundred Restuarants are just a few minutes away, Italian, Irish, Chinese, Indian, Thai. Argentinian (?), Japanese, Mexican, and every one of them has someone trying hard to entice you in. So position is great.The hotel is everything a tourist would need really, (the bar isn't really used as a bar, but there's a couple just across the road, anyway, so it's not a problem) It's spotlessly clean, the rooms are well proportioned, and the beds comfortable, The bathroom can be a bit awkward in a sitting position, but if you apply a bit of thought to the problem, it's fine. The staff are really very good and patient, and the self service, cold breakfast buffet is excellent.All in all a really good choice in Amsterdam. No one should have a problem in choosing this hotel, and should disregard any negatives they might read.

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Stayed July 2014, traveled as a couple

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GonulUyanik, General Manager at BEST WESTERN Apollo Museumhotel Amsterdam City Centre, responded to this review,
July 19, 2014

Dear Sir/Madam,

First of all I would like to thank you for granting us the maximum score. That's a very generous gesture!Thank you for pointing out our great location. To be precize for our future guests; we are right next to the Rijksmuseum and located in Amsterdam's well known fashion shopping street, the P.C. Hooftstraat. We are also just a footstep away from the Van Gogh Museum and the beautiful Vondel Park. There are a lot of good restaurants close by, but I think you are referring to the Leidseplein, the famous square with a lot of bars and restaurants.

I am delighted to note that you enjoyed our service provided by the employees, one of our main focus points in our hotel.I will definitely share your lovely comment with the entire staff.

We definitely hope to welcome you back in our hotel so we can assist you again in making your journey a success.

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I think the Apollo Museum Hotel gets its name because it is just a few steps away from the Rijksmuseum and other important ones, like the Van Gogh. Not only that, but also very close to Leidseplein - where there are restaurants, bars, and plenty of people. Also many trams stop there, making it easy to travel around the city. You can also take a boat tour on Amsterdam's canals from tour companies located a few yards from the hotel. So location is a very positive point.

Before booking a room at the hotel, I've checked the comments here at Tripadvisor, and notice how many complained about the room size. But there were also many good reviews about the hotel. Exploring the room options a little more, I've booked a Deluxe Room, which proved a very good decision: a got a clean room with 3 big windows overlooking the canal and the Rijksmuseum, comfortable for two people and with a nice bathroom (also with its own window).

Breakfast is not included, and costs around EU$ 12. Tried once, was good. Hotel staff are courteous. I had to leave early to the airport on my last day in Amsterdam. The hotel booked me a taxi with a reasonable price (EU$ 36).

Would stay again at the Apollo Museum Hotel.

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Stayed July 2014, traveled with family

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GonulUyanik, General Manager at BEST WESTERN Apollo Museumhotel Amsterdam City Centre, responded to this review,
July 17, 2014

Dear Sir/Madam,

First of all I would like to thank you for staying with us. I'm delighted to read your positive comments on Tripadvisor and thank you for the great information for our (future) guests.

We do have several room categories and all of our deluxe rooms have great views over Amsterdam. Just for your- and our future guests'- information I would like to mention that it is possible to ask for an upgrade to a deluxe room upon arrival for only 25 euros extra a night (depends on availability)

I am glad that you liked our continental breakfast buffet. I am happy to let you know that if you book breakfast in advance- we can give you a discount of 2 euros per person so you only pay 10 euros and 50 cents for the buffet. If you would like to book that- please just come up to the front desk and we will arrange it for you.

Once again thank you for your review and we absolutely hope to have the opportunity to welcome you back again. We will do our utmost to make your stay memorable in a positive manner.

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Gönül UyanikGeneral Manager

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A great stay nearby the famous Riksmuseum - just a few meters to go to the museum square in a quiet small road you can appreciate the Best Western Apollo Hotel. Clean and just spacious rooms as necessary for a weekend. Use the breakfast buffet opportunity in the morning. There is plenty connection to centre of Amsterdam by foot, bus, tram and boat on one of the Amsterdam "Grachten". A boat jetty is in front of the hotel. It is easy to go to the Amsterdam RAI congress centrum.

Stayed June 2014, traveled on business

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GonulUyanik, General Manager at BEST WESTERN Apollo Museumhotel Amsterdam City Centre, responded to this review,
July 17, 2014

Dear Sir/Madam,

I have just read your review of your stay in our hotel and would like to thank you for your kind and enthusiastic words. We are very happy to get 5 out of 5.Thank you very much for pointing out our great location, there is so much to explore in the city of Amsterdam. It was great to read that you found our hotel to be perfect for your needs. That is actually more than we could hope for. Thank you very much for writing the review. We really appreciate it.

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This hotel had a good front desk service, and a good location to visit the Rijksmuseum and to get the Sightseeing Bus service. The property looked dark, old and worn, including the room which had a private bathroom. The room was comfortable but had a continuous, low buzzing noise coming from a device in the ceiling that looked as part of the AC.

The breakfast had the average cold and hot food. A luggage room was available with security tagging and identification.

Overall our experience at this hotel was very good. We would come back to the hotel but not to this city. Overall, we did not like Amsterdam: too many people in bicycles competing for space against pedestrians and motor vehicles, and too much marijuana smoke in the streets; at least around the museum and hotel area.

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Stayed June 2014, traveled as a couple

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GonulUyanik, General Manager at BEST WESTERN Apollo Museumhotel Amsterdam City Centre, responded to this review,
July 13, 2014

Dear Sir/Madam,

I really appreciate you taking the time to write a review about your stay in the Best Western Apollo Museum Hotel.

I am very glad to read that you liked the position of the hotel and I will share your lovely comment about our front desk staff definitely with the entire team.

I am really sorry to hear about the noise in your room. Thank you for bringing this to our attention, we will share your remarks in our management team and will take steps to make improvements. I do offer my sincerest apologies for the inconvenience.

It is unfortunate that you did not like Amsterdam. Hopefully we can welcome you again in the future to one of our other hotels and resorts.

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This hotel was very nice my partner n I both liked the place it's nice and modern although the rooms are a bit small, staff were fantastic and helped us with an issue of deposit that we were unaware of I would defiantly recommend this place and it's so close too all the stunning views and all the fantastic designer shops.this hotel I would certainly recommend well done Appollo

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GonulUyanik, General Manager at BEST WESTERN Apollo Museumhotel Amsterdam City Centre, responded to this review,
July 19, 2014

Dear Sir/Madam,

What a pleasure to read your review of your recent stay with us. Thank you for sharing this review and for all the kind words.

I also would like to thank you so much for recommending our hotel. It is very important for a hotel to produce good reviews as most people nowadays will first check Tripadvisor before booking a room.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you once again for your comments and look forward to welcoming you back in the nearest future.

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